May 2009:
Three animated tests of Richard Thompson's daily comic strip "Cul de Sac" have been released by Ringtales. The animation was done by Jantze Studios using traditional and computer techniques to capture, respectively, the spirit and line of Thompson's characters and artwork.
Jantze Studios worked with Ringtales owners Mike Fry and Jim Cox to create the well-received tests. Contact Michael for more information.
Jantze Studios moves King Digital to new media
April 2009:
The first of 30 motion comic tests for King Digital appeared on newspaper websites across the United States as Comics Kingdom launches its motion comics test to client newspapers. A full press release from King is at http://www.kingfeatures.com/pressrm/PRel306.htm
Jantze Studios took existing comic strips, cast and directed voices and brought them to life mixing the film and comic strip languages [sample]. Creators and syndicates can contact Michael for more information.
More Motion Comics from Jantze Studios
March 2009:
Jantze Studios has completed two more motion comics for corporate clients for guerilla marketing use. Jantze Studios makes life easier for companies by creating animated shorts to help ease the pain of this turd economy turn their customers into fans. In even plainer English, we make really funny new media shorts for all wallet sizes.
Bobarra:
A one minute short was created to help bobarra, llc. promote it's new TSA-approved computer travel bag. Set in a museum, paintings come to life and demonstrate the time-saving features of the bobarra travel bag. The bobarra store is online at bobarra.com
Viximo:
A second short was created for Viximo's first iPhone app, TrueFlirt. Viximo is online at viximo.com
Jantze Studios is the coolest animation studio on Earth, mainly because they're air-conditioned. Contact Michael Jantze to help you be cool.
Michael Jantze teaches new media at the Cartoon Art Museum
March 2009:
Michael Jantze, founder of Jantze Animation Studios and creator of "The Norm" comic strip, hosted a master class featuring a complete examination of the past, current and future markets for comic strip new media. Michael showed examples of animation and motion graphic work and walked attendees through Jantze Studios' process of converting traditional comic strips and comic books into attention-grabbing new media shorts.
The Cartoon Art Museum is located in San Francisco, CA. Future educational schedules can be found at cartoonart.org
Jantze Studios' Motion Comics puts the mojo in Viximo
December 2008: Jantze Studios's super-awesome, highly-intelligent Motion Comics solution is helping put the "up" in start up for Viximo.com.
Based in Boston, Viximo creates virtual gifts for Websites like Facebook.com. They're cool, they're hip, they're so very tomorrow.
Jantze Studios took existing assets and brought them to life with a fresh script and fast-paced presentation to explain the world of virtual goods to potential partners. Broadcast across the Web, you can view the first Viximo motion comic on the Animation page of Jantze.com. Please contact Michael immediately for more information. Help you, we can.
Jantze Studios wins four awards
September 2008: Jantze Studios's entry, "Mr Lux - At Your Service", has won three SILVER AWARDS in the 2008 Create Awards competition in the animated short, 2D/cell animation and original music categories. "The Norm Short" won an additional SILVER AWARD for excellence for in-house promotional work.
This year's entries spanned across the globe, and were judged by 20 leading professionals across eight creative industries. Only 361 awards were chosen out of the more than 1,500 entries. Winning pieces will be on display at Create Chaos 2008, a "create-a-palooza" bringing together 10 shows under one roof for creative professionals in all industries.
For more information on The Create Awards and Create Chaos, please visit www.createchaos.com.
The animated shorts can be viewed on the Animation page of Jantze.com. Or Contact us for more information.
Michael Jantze speaks at the Walt Disney Hometown ToonFest 2008
September 2008: Michael Jantze attended the Walt Disney Hometown ToonFest 2008 as a guest speaker and grand marshall in the town's parade. A friendly and over-the-top fun weekend was presented to Michael and the other honored guests by the coordinators and town citizens of Marceline, MO.
Other speakers were Dave Coverly, Jan Eliot, Greg Evans and Tom Richmond. Each speaker presented a chalk talk in the same Theatre (grown up) Walt Disney gave a presentation in 1956. ToonFest is a yearly festival and it's not to be missed.
YouTube uses Jantze Studios to launch contest
July 2008: Jantze Studios has created the first instructional cartoon
short for YouTube’s Community Support page using its Brand
Narrative™ formula.
The two-minute 2D animated short "The Birds and the Biz" was
written and directed by Michael Jantze, working with a YouTube liasion
team to craft a narrative that both entertains and informs. It's FAQtacular!
The project, culled from 10 scenarios, was completed in less than six weeks. In the style of their community, YouTube quietly released the video to its help page where it’s receiving 5-star acceptance.
Owned by Google, YouTube is one of
the fastest growing Web 2.0 communities. You might have heard of them.
Jantze Studios partners with businesses
to develop new media projects to create
Brand Narrative™, a non-direct, positive
association through humor, character
and story. Contact us for more information.
Jantze Studios leaps from syndication to the Cannes Film Festival
May 2008: Michael Jantze, creator of the internationally-syndicated comic strip "The Norm" premiered his first animated short at Festival de Cannes 2008.
"Mr. Lux: At Your Service", Jantze’s first animated short, was part of the Short Film Corner at Festival de Cannes 2008.
"Mr. Lux: At Your Service" is a fast ride of traditional animation utilizing both pencil to paper animation and the latest in computer software. A new character from Jantze, Mr. Lux is only happy when he delivers five-star service to his hotel guests.
Jantze’s script was brought to life by a story team consisting of himself, David Andrews and Kelly McNutt. Jantze created the layouts and designs as well as directed McNutt’s animation. "We're excited," said Nicole Jantze, Executive Producer, "Mr. Lux is such a fun and infectious character in that grand old 2D animation style."
The four minute short can be viewed on the Animation page of Jantze.com. Contact us for more information.
Jantze Studios brings Zits comic strip to life
Jantze Studios with Zits Partnership, creators of the nationally syndicated comic strip "Zits", developed three HD animation tests. The production explored how to bring Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman’s strip to life for purposes of supporting sales and marketing efforts of books, online and new media content.
Since 2006, Jantze Studios has developed a model for daily comic strip "episodes," 15 to 30 seconds in length, in the form of animated or motion graphic shorts to jump from the comic strip medium into new media markets.
JANTZE STUDIOS
partners with businesses to develop new media projects including webisodes, shorts, features, frequently asked questions (FAQ’s), games, print collateral, delivered across multiple platforms and to a variety of end user devices. Each project allows both the business and Jantze studios to explore the new media frontier with a bottom line on effectiveness and fiscal responsibility. The end result is Brand Narrative, a product that creates a non-direct, positive association with the brand’s identity through humor and adventure, character and story.
